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Wiper with vanes for use with viscous cosmetics

  • US 5,597,254 A
  • Filed: 09/25/1995
  • Issued: 01/28/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/25/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A wiper for use in a cosmetics container having a bottle with a neck and an applicator rod and applicator, the wiper removing excess cosmetics from the applicator rod and applicator as they are withdrawn through the neck of the container, the wiper comprising:

  • A) a wiper diaphragm adapted for mounting at the lower end of the neck of the bottle of a cosmetics container, the wiper diaphragm defining a wiper orifice and including a conical lower surface extending outwardly from the wiper orifice to an outer periphery of the wiper and descending from the outer periphery of the wiper to the wiper orifice;

    B) a plurality of spaced-apart vanes extending downwardly from the lower surface of the wiper diaphragm and angularly outwardly from the wiper orifice; and

    C) a plurality of flow channels defined between adjacent spaced-apart vanes and the lower surface of the wiper diaphragm for carrying wiped excess cosmetics away from the wiper orifice.

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